Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-05

Mr.: 7Sspe up Ms "0'h oo""
Remember lsssis.ss bop. on St.
Patrick's day in fs,ss
Col. Hunter Ben ye111nf49g end the
Dacotah and Wyoming = fpprt as
soon as they return from the to99sp
John Hughes, colored, vs.. Mrs. Mamie
Dean, suit to recover go, for labor, was
tried before Squire CLAYTON; jury returned
verdict for defendant.
In answer to the inquiry, SWELL, sehse1er-
meyer. what are you going to do noW!" that
gentleman replies, 20, I'm going nshlng."
That seems to be all right. 1t is q long while
since Mr.. Sc~haefermeyer took tim to 20
fishing.
The Sheep Nose sand stone quarry was
discovered bv the Louisiana railroad survey
ors 18 or II years ago. There is NJ question
as to It's character and value. The land be-
longs to Mr.. Steve Lamar, who now lives at
Hume, Bates county, Mo.
Charley Long, a 12-year.old boy. was up
before Esquire Clayton, Monday, charged
with stealing q horse from MIR. Isaac Warner
with whom he lived. The prosecuting attor-
uey dismissed the case, the evidence not
being such as would warrant a prosecution.
Honor roll room four ,colored school:-Net-
tie CoIley, Fannie Coats. Rubie Adams,
Charley Horter, Arthur Brownfeld. Woody
Anderson, Luther Burles, John Davis. Ed
die Curtis. Mosie Lewis, Leslie Harris, Net
tie Shelby, Willie Lee, Mary Field, Emma
Field, Pertie Colley and Anna Davis.
Mr.. Jos B. Silver has been In town most
Of the week looking after his CONTRACTS for
vegetables. The cannery will start up about
the first Of June, and Mr.. Silver expects to
do q bigger business than ever. The caunery
10 . valuable adjunct to Lsxington's business.
aud Ito success is y matter of interest to all.
BoonvIlle Star, February 24:-"Two large
wagon loads OF Missouri Pacific Railroad
surveyors LEFT Boonville Monday afternoon
to survey and clear off the route from here
to Jefferson City. 1t was thought by q great
many that this part of the road would not
be built, but the contractors say that work
will on it very soon."
The Chinook winds blowing in on Montana
are relieving the terrible cold Of which we
spoke In our last issue. Special dispatches
from all parts of the territory to the Montana
Live stock Journal report that the Chinook"
Is general, the temperature ranging from 40
to 80 degrees, with q warm wind from the
southwest, which is carrying of the sn ow
RAPIDLY, There has been great fatality to
live stock, and this japan breath Of warm
air comes Is q blessed relief.
Boonville Topic:-"Col. Crews f. reported
sick In Marshall. There are now two gangs
Of forty or fifty men between here and La
mine. About half of the Howard rock is
blown out. Engineer Blodgett returned from
his survey near Arrow Rock Wednesday
morning. Col. Titus came up Tuesday and
took charge of the jennings surveying party
east Of town. They will likely be at their
present camp until to-day, when they will
move about four miles down the river. A
corps Of engineers under locating Engineer
Jennings arrived In town Monday and are
oow 1t work locating the Missouri Pacific ex-
: psion east of BooDTills, toward Jefferson
MARSHALL, Mo There was . meeting here
lsst night with reference to the Missouri
Pacific sxssnsicn. 1.AFfaywss chairman
5sdss J.s.ssrosksr sddtsssqd the meeting
"a enc Of the most earnest appeals ever made
~ s6y public Enterprise, About 81 goo was
ssuhscrfbed for the rigbt-ot-way and sixty
nRnes were signed to a bond guaranteeing
the right-of-way through the county. Tit
names to the bond represent enough wealth
TO build the road entirely through the county.
To-day, there being some question about
Grand Pass township as to whether it was
represented In the bond, one Of MarshslPs
public-spirited citizens, AbIel Leonard, guar
anteed the right-of-way through the whole
Of Grand Pass township.
Corder:-Mr. Robt. Webb left for Kansas
Sunday evening. he expects to be absent
sometime. Miss TRUE White. of near Dover,
10 visiting Miss Lucy Starke. Mr.. Marshall
has moved his family to Kansa. City. Mr.. l..
Armbruster spent last Wednesday in Kansas
City. Mr.. VIM. Wilson returned home, Mon
day evening. from Chicago. where he had
been with stock for Mr.. 81. e. Syduor. Mrs.
3. B. Shrsder has been sick for several days,
Tommis Ward is quite Ill with pneumonis.
Mr.. Plummer, the night watch at the coal
shaft. was quite seriously hurt last Saturday
night by falling from one OF The shutes while
eoaling q train Miss Clara RuDple. of Lex.
ington, Is Wishing her sister, Mrs. Fred. Bait
ger. Our public school closes next Friday,
the 18th inst, with an exhibition at night.
Rev. E. Roth filed the pulpit at the Baptist
church Sunday. Rev. W. B. Mcfarland, of
HIgainsville, was visiting friends here the
6rst Of the week. Quarterly meeting at the
German Methodist church here Sunday.